World's extreme airports

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Channel 7 Sunday 7:30 pm doco on 'extreme' airports with footage of aircraft mishaps at various airports that have dificult approaches, short runways etc. Hong Kong - Kai Tak is featured amongst others.

[Rowan McKeever]

Awesome!! Thanks for the heads-up :)

[Michael Cleary]

Think I have seen this before, from memory Lukla in Nepal features, as well as one in Honduras.

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Make that 6:30 pm onSunday night.

[Tony G]

Well worth watching. From memory it's a national geographic or discovery production. Gibraltar was one of my favourites. It has a road and path way crossing the runway. So they alternate traffic like a rail road crossing.

[MarkR]

Bit outdated with the info though, Gibraltar is currently even more restricted on ops due to the Spanish clamping down in the last few days as the feud heats up, and the Nepal airport claimed more lives last last year.

[Dave C]

And what about the " an airport so dangerous it had to be shut down" comment when talking about Kai-Tak. What rubbish. Typical aviation show. Full of fluff and inaccuracies.

[Nirav Patel]

For those who missed out last Sunday on Channel & :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjybY3k5oY

[David C]

And what about the " an airport so dangerous it had to be shut down" comment when talking about Kai-Tak. What rubbish. Typical aviation show. Full of fluff and inaccuracies.


Almost the same name , however , definitely the same sentiments re the show ..

David C

[Matthew Chisholm]

I only saw the last 30 or so minutes of it, was there an aiport in Colorado on the list ?

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Yes, something Vale? Very tricky airport due altitude, terrain, weather etc.
San Diego was also featured and the carpark on approach (How that got approved?) Meant steeper approach angle with the displaced threshold.

[Michael Cleary]

Yes, something Vale? Very tricky airport due altitude, terrain, weather etc..

Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE/KEGE) would be the one referred to. In the Colorado Rockies at an elevation of 6547 ft, with much higher terrain around it. Would be a bit unnerving in poor weather.

It serves the Vail ski area.